Posts By: Rania (Ourania) Dalalaki

Arnold Roosendaal: Who Decides Who I Am Online?

By Rania (Ourania) Dalalaki, March 9, 2012

During the third session on March 9th, The Private in the Public, Arnold Roosendaal argued how commercial companies construct our online identities, intruding to the users’ individual autonomy by presetting choices and inclusion/ exclusion mechanisms. Roosendaal stated that, at first sight, all users have to make choices in order to form their online representations. However, [...]

Walter Langelaar: The Artistic Intervention of the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine

By Rania (Ourania) Dalalaki, March 9, 2012

Opening up the second section of the first day of the conference (Artistic Responses to Social Media on the 9th of March) , Walter Langelaar introduced the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, its functionality in relation to social media platforms and the spectacle of reactions that followed the project’s release. (Click here for the video of Walter [...]

Dmytri Kleiner: The Responses of Thimbl, R15N and deadSwap to Social Media Platforms

By Rania (Ourania) Dalalaki, March 9, 2012

Dmytri Kleiner – the surprise speaker in the session Artistic Responses to Social media-  presented three examples of free, open-source platforms created by himself and the Telekommunisten. All three art projects, Thimbl, R15N and deadSwap aimed to revolutionize communication through performative, artistic interventions. Starting his presentation, Kleiner highlighted that the Internet has always been about [...]